Strainer.



H. F. WEINLAND.

STRAINER.

AHLIUATION FILED AUG.11, 1909.

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STRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11. 1909.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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HENRY F. WEINLAND, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE LAGONIDA MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 11, 1909.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910. Serial No. 512,441.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY' F. WEINLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strainers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to strainers, and more particularly to strainers for removing the solid impurities from water or other fluid without interrupting the flow of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a strainer of novel construction, simple, strong, compact and efficient, that can be easily operated to cut off the flow of the fluid from one strainer and direct it through another, and so arranged that the idle strainer can be quickly removed for cleaning. With these and other objects in view, my invention consists of the constructions and combinations hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure l is a ldngitudinal section of a strainer embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a like section at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. a transverse section on the line m.z: of" Fig;

'1. Fig. 4 is a like section on the' line 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. -5'is'a fragment of a longitudinal section showing the strainer carrying frame entering the guide stop at the left before it leaves the guide stop at the right, so the strainer cages are at all times prevented froni turning.

Like numerals represent the same parts in the several views.

In the drawings a casing 1 has an inlet 2 and outlet 3,; oppositely disposed to each other, providedwlth flanges 4 to attach the feed and discharge pipes; and the ends of said casilhg are provided with outwardly ex-f tending ngcs with annular recesses 6 having packlng 7 therein.

A head 8 and a yoke 9 engaging the flange 5 at one end of sad casing is provided w1th a hand set-screw 10 to ti hten said head in place; and a head 11 emf yoke 12 engaging the flange 5 at the'opposite end of said casing is provided .with hand set-screws 13 to tighten said head in place. The respective heads have annular projections 14, adapted to fit in the recesses 6 and press against the packing 7 in the ends of the casing to form a tight joint.

The head 11 is provided with a central hub having a shaft 15 journaled therein, said shaft being provided with a rectangular socket 16 at its inner end and having a hand-wheel 17 fixed to its outer end. A collar 18, fixed on said shaft, is held to'bea-r at one side against a shoulder on said hub by a split plate 19 on the opposite side of said collar held' in place by screws 20. A gland 21, acking 22 and a screw-cap 23, form a stu ng box for said shaft l5. I

A shaft ,24, provided with a rectan lar end adapted to fit in the socket 16 o the shaft 15, and journaled at the other end in a box 25 set in a recess of. the head 8, has a screw-threaded portion 26. A disk 27, fitted to move back and forth in said casing, is provided with packing rings 28 and has ,a segmental projection 29 extending from one si e thereof, with a transverse o ening 30, canal in cross-section to the in et 2 and a aptedto register therewith. A box 31, set 1n a rectangular recess in the .disk 27, has a screw-threaded opening in which the screw-threaded portion 26 of the shaft 24 is adapted to turn to move said disk' back, and forth in the casing; and a cylinder 32 the shaft 34 extends, is provided with astuff ing box gland 40 held in placeby set-screws 41. The cylinders 32 and 39, with the'stuih' ing boxes at theirouter ends, form a ,chamber in which the screw-threadedportmn of the shaft operates free of the water orflu d.

Perforated strainers 46, which. I have shown formed of wire screen, are secured to frames or guards 42' and. to projections 43 of said guards, said guards and projections resting against the disks 27 and 35 and the pro ections 29 and 37, and having shoulders 44 abutting the outer ends of the pro ections 29 and 37 and said strainers are further secured by plates 47, engaging opposite sides of the outer ends of sai strainers and held together by rivets 48; and

.bolts 49 extending through perforations in said plates and screw-threaded into perforaterior surface of the casing and terminating over the segmental projection 29 that carries one of the strainers, and a removable projection 51, secured by bolts 52, also extendmg around the interior of the casing and terminating over the projection 37 that carries the other strainer, form guides for and prevent the disks 27 and 35, with their proections and cages, from turning in the casmg,- and form stops to limit the longitudinal movement of said parts. The guide stop 51 is made removable so that the disks, strainers and supports for same can be assembled on the shaft and inserted in the casing, and all of said parts can be easily taken out by removing said removable guide-.

stop.

It will be seen that by turning the handwheel 17, the socket end 16 of the shaft 15' engaging the rectangular end of the shaft 24 will turn the screw-threaded portion of said shaft in the screw-threaded box 31, and the disks 27 and 35, together with the strainer. carrying arts, Wlll be moved so that the water or uid to be strained can be directed through either one of the strainers while the other is cutoff; and by removing the head on the end of the casing in which the idle strainer is located, it can be removed and cleaned, it being only necessary to remove the bolts 49 to take the strainers out of the casing.

A pipe 53, having elbows 54, with pipes 55 screw-threaded into the casing and 0 ening into said casing on opposite sides 0 the disks 27, has a valve 56, the opening of which will equalize the pressure on opposite sides of said disks to permit of the easy operation of the shaft to move the disk and strainers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination of a casing having oppositely disposed open ends with separate removable closures therefor rigidly secured to the. respective ends, said casing further havin an inlet and outlet, a disk, strainers on eac side thereof removable through said open ends and means to move said d1sk and strainers to cut off one of said strainers and direct the flow of fluid through the other strainer, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a casing having oppositely disposed open ends with separate removable closures therefor rigidly secured to the respective ends, said casin further having an inlet and outlet, a dis in said casing, strainers on opposite sides thereof removable through said open ends and a hand device carried by one of said closures.

and having a screw-threaded connection adapted to move said disk and strainers to cut off one of said strainers and direct the flow of fluid through the other, substantially" as described. 3. The combination of a casing having an,

inlet and outlet, a disk, a shaft, a plurality of strainers removable through openings in sald casing, closures for sald open1ngs," o ne of said closures carrying devices removable,

therewith adapted to engage said shaft and] move said disk and strainers to cut off either one of said strainers and direct the flowof fluid through the other, substantially asv described. I

4. The combination of a casing having an inlet and outlet, a disk, strainers on opposite sides of said disk removable through openings, means to move said disk and strainers longitudinally in said casing, projections on said casing to limit the longitu dinal movement of said disk and strainers,

and further adapted to keep the same from turnin one of said projections being re movab y secured to sai as described.

5. The combination of a casing having an casing, substantially inlet and outlet, a disk, strainers on opposite sides thereof removable throu h openings 1n said casing, closures for sai openings, a

shaft having screw-threads thereon adapted toengage a screw-threaded openin in said disk, and means to prevent the flui passing through the strainer from coming in contact with the screw-threaded portion ofthe shaft, substantially as described.

6.v The combination of a casing having an inlet and outlet, a disk having a screw- 1 threaded opening therethrough, and central said casing, closures for said openings,-

means to turn said shaft and move said disk and strainers to cut off one of said strainers and direct the flow of fluid through the other strainer, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a casing having an inlet and outlet, a disk in said casing, strain"- ers removable through openings in said casing, closures for said openings, means to move said disk and strainers to cut off either one of said strainers and direct the flow of 9'0 openmgs in said casing, closures for said fluid throughthe other, and means to equalize the pressure on o posite sides of said disk, substantially as escribed.

8. The combination of a casing having an inlet and outlet, a separable disk in said casing having oppositelyextending segmental projections with 0 enin s therethrough adapted to register wlth said inlet, strainers removably secured on said disk and rojections, openings through the casing or the removal of said strainers, closures for said openings, and means to move said disk with its ro ections and strainers to cut off one of sai strainers and, direct the flow of fluid through the other, substantially as described. 15

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. WEINLAND. Witnesses:

- GROVER ImE'N, CARL CASKEY. 

